Last Wednesday, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi gave her annual back-to-school Convocation. However, this time her traditional speech had a twist.

I went through a phase during my first year at UC Davis where I absolutely fell in love with photography. My dad had just bought a Canon Rebel XSi, a wonderful digital SLR camera, and I had just started using Tumblr, home to some of the most talented photographers on the internet.

The UC Davis Study and Intern Abroad Fair will take place today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the West Quad.

UC Davis vs. Cal State Northridge; vs. UC Riverside

Researchers at UC Davis recently published a paper detailing new treatments that use the hormone leptin, instead of insulin, to treat patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes (juvenile onset and adult onset, respectively).

Sophomore Omar Zeenni’s value to the UC Davis men’s soccer team is one that cannot be put in numbers. Zero, though, is a measurement that can be associated with his name.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 155 into law on Sept. 23. The bill states that online retailers, such as Amazon.com, will have until July 31, 2012 to lobby for a federal sales tax standard.

I was sitting in my political science class, playing Angry Birds, paying no attention whatsoever to what the professor had to say. The girl in front of me was browsing through blouses on Forever 21 and the guy beside me was watching videos on YouTube. Still, the professor passionately rambled on and on with dramatic hand motions. I never knew so much noise and visual movement could put a young and robust group of people to sleep.

Hello there, fellow journalism junkies, wary readers, wandering eyes … I’m happy to see you here! Welcome to my incommodious two-dimensional domain, where words can seize your minds and whisk them to curious places concocted by the imagination of yours truly.

Science fiction’s obsession with Mars began with a mistranslation.

When The Aggie last spoke with UC Davis alumna Christina Chin in early June, her journey across the nation of Morocco with two of her best friends and fellow UC Davis alumni on the reality series “Expedition Impossible” had yet to air on ABC. Now, a month after the finale of the 10-week show, Chin – as well as her teammates Natalie Smith and Brittany Smith – are back, along with countless stories to tell and lessons learned of their experience.

The House Counseling Services; D-Q University Veteran’s Pow Wow Volunteer Meeting; Men’s Soccer vs. Cal State Northridge; Circle K International General Meeting.